Whirligig-pistol.



H. KOONTZ. WHIRLIGIG msroL.

APPLICATION FILED )UNE 8, 191B.

Lwm Patented Ifeb.' 18,1919.

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HERBERT KOONTZ, F SOUTH BENJD, JINJDIAN.

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Vthe provision of a toy pistol which incorporates a spring for impartingrotation to a whirligi'g disposed upon the end or the barrel so that thewhirligig may be rotated and tti -' pistol,

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in important. object is the provision of a toy of this character inwhich the whirligig is provided with conical bearing points whereby uponits contact with a ceiling Aduring its flight, it may spin, and.wherebyit may also continue to spin even after it has lost suiicientspeed of' rotation to remain against the ceiling and drops upon the dooror round.

other object is the provision ot a toy of this character which will beextremely' simple and inexpensive in manufacture, simple and durable inuse, in which the ratchet kick-od of the whirligig will be protectedfrom injury, and which will be a general improvernent of the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages, in view, the inventionconsists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more fully described and claimed `and illustrated inthe-accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of myimproved Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof, Fig. 3 is a llongitudinalsectional View, Fig. 4 is a detail secti-onal view on the line 4-4 ofFig. 3,

. Fig. 5 is an end view of the upper end ofy the barrel,

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the whirlig'ig,

Fig. 7 is a sectional view therethrough, associated with the end of theoperating rod, and

Fig. 8 is a view showin a modified form.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 designatesthe body portion of the pistol whichvincludes -a stock member 11 and abarrel member 12. rlhis body portion may be formed in any desired mannerthough an advantageous form of construction involves the use of only twoSpecification of Letters Patent.

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pieces of -material stamped into the form shown and secured together attheir edges as by tongues 13. Revoluble through the barrel member 12 isan operating rod 14 which has one vend protruding beyond the end of thebarrel and provided with flattened wings 15, and which` has its otherend disposed above the stock member l1 and bent to provide a handle 16.A coil spring 17 surrounds the rod 14 within the barrel 12 and has oneend secured to the barrel, as at 18, and its other end secured to acollar 19 on the rod 14, as shown. A ratchet wheel 20 is formed on thecollar 19 and is engaged by a spring-pressed arm 21 formed on thetrigger 22 pivoted at 23, and extending partly across a lingeropening'24 in the body 10.

By grasping the handle 16 between the lingers and rotating the rod 14,the spring 17 will be placed under tension, the degree of tension beingregulated by the number of revolutions given to the rod. 'llheengagement of the trigger arm 21 with the ratchet 20 has a pawl actionand preventsv reverse rotation of the rod 14 under the influence of thespring in unwinding until the trigger is pulled, as will be obvious.

rllhe whirligig member used inl connection with the pistol is designatedas a whole by the numeral 25 and comprises a ring 26 teeth 31..

lln the use of the pistol, after the spring 17 has been laced undertension as previously descrl ed, the whirligigis placed upon the end ofthe barrel wlth the sleeve 30 extending over the end of the rod 14 andthe ratchet teeth 31 engaging the wings 15 on the rod. 1When the pistolis pointed upwardly and the trigger 22 pulled, the rod 14 will berotated rapidly under the in- Huence of the spring and the whirligig 25will consequently be rotated. As the vanes 27 are inclined, rotation ofthe whirligig will cause it to' have a lifting action and as thel speedof rotation reaches its maximum the whirligig will rise and draw itselflltllb -of the bearing off of the end of the rod 14 and will soarthrough the air. If the device is used indoors and the whirligig riseswith considerable force, it will naturally tend to fly higher than theceiling of a room, whereupon the whirligig will contact with the ceilingand will vspin thereon owing to the provision oint 29. Of course afterthe momentum ecreases, the whirligig will drop to the floor.

In order that the ratchet teeth 31 on the whirligig may be preventedfrom injury and also in order to enable it to spin after dropping to theHoor or the ground, I have slightly modified the construction of thewhirligigfas shown in Fig. 8. In this modified form I have shown thewhirligi as provided on its under side with a depen g projection 32centrally of and spaced in respect to the sleeve 30 and terminating in apoint 33 extending below the ratchet teeth 31. In this form the rod 14must be provided in`its end with a recess 34 to receive the lprojection32 when the whrligig is placed upon the end of the rod. In this form ofthe device it will be seen that if the whirligig is spun into theair'outdoo'rs and falls upon the street or ground, after it loses itsability to stay in the air, the point 33 will permit the whirllgig toconj tinue to spin until its momentum is entirely gone. The utility ofthe point 33 in this respect is ofcourse the same in case the whirligigis used indoors and it drops from engagement with a ceiling and fallsonto thepioor. -A further and very important function of the projection32 is that it prevents the teeth 31 from striking the ground or othersurface and consequently protects them against injury.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings, it will beapparent that I have thus provided a very simple and interesting toypistol and whirligig projectile which may be very simply operated, andwhich will be eiicient and ldurable in use.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by patent, is

A device of the character described comprising a pistol body, a springpressed rotary` rod extending longitudinally therethrough and having itsfree end provided with laterally extending wings; in combination with awhirligig having its hub portion -provided with a depending sleeveseating upon the free end of said rodand having its edge formed as teethengaging said wings, and a projection within said sleeve in spacedrelation thereto and 'terminating in a bearing point disposed below saidteeth, the end of said rod being recessed for the reception of saidprojection..

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HERBERT KOONTZ.

